- The study of microexpressions has long been fascinating to me. If you’re really paying attention, you can learn a great deal about a person in fleeting, unguarded moments. I think this is true about language as well. In written and spoken conversation, passing remarks – let’s call them “microprose” – can often give a far more realistic depiction of what’s really going on than what is presented as the main course. This is, of course, because they are less thought out – and thus less guarded – than the rest of it.
